{"id":239163,"date":"2025-10-20T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/239163\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:24:09","slug":"3-songs-from-the-1970s-that-influenced-your-music-taste-as-a-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/239163\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Songs From the 1970s That Influenced Your Music Taste as a Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Were you a young person or possibly a kid in the 1970s? If so, the music taste you have today was probably formed back in the 1970s. And I\u2019d be bold enough to say that folk, rock, and disco fans were probably influenced by the following three songs to some degree. Let\u2019s take a walk down music memory lane!<\/p>\n

\u201cDreams\u201d by Fleetwood Mac<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t alive in 1977. But if I were, I\u2019m sure this song would have been life-changing to hear for the first time as a young music enthusiast. Even though I first heard it in the early 2000s, this song rewired my brain somehow. This might just be Fleetwood Mac\u2019s most magical song of their career, at least in my opinion. Honestly, the whole of the glittering folk rock album Rumours influenced countless young listeners back in the late 1970s. And the album has really stood the test of time in the way that other musicians could only dream of.<\/p>\n

\u201cDreams\u201d by Fleetwood Mac topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977 and did similarly well on the international charts.<\/p>\n

\u201cStairway To Heaven\u201d by Led Zeppelin<\/p>\n

Is there a more influential rock song from the 1970s in existence than \u201cStairway To Heaven\u201d by Led Zeppelin<\/a>? That\u2019s up for debate, but one can\u2019t deny that this song was a massive deal back in 1971. Led Zeppelin went on to spearhead that decade\u2019s evolution of rock music, and countless rock bands today still look to their records for inspiration.<\/p>\n

Led Zeppelin was known for not putting out singles, so \u201cStairway To Heaven\u201d became a legendary hit without ever being released as a standalone track.<\/p>\n

\u201cStayin\u2019 Alive\u201d by Bee Gees<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re still a diehard disco fan today, I bet this tune from The Bee Gees absolutely influenced your music taste in the late 1970s. While there were plenty of other musicians in the disco world that were pumping out hits in 1977, \u201cStayin\u2019 Alive\u201d hit the mainstream music world in a pretty big way that year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cStayin\u2019 Alive\u201d by The Bee Gees topped the Hot 100 chart in 1978. It was also a No. 1 hit in numerous other countries. Today, it\u2019s still considered the group\u2019s signature song.<\/p>\n

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